Growth Metrics

Saia (SAIA) Gross Margin (2010 - 2022)

Saia posted quarterly Gross Margin of 88.17% for Q1 2022, down 253.0% year-on-year from 57.62% in Q1 2021, and down 0.55% on a QoQ basis from 88.66% in Q4 2021.

Saia (SAIA) has 13 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 88.17% in Q1 2022.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2022, Gross Margin fell 253.0% year-over-year to 88.17%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2022 stood at 88.53% (down 307.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 92.75%, up 14.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin for Q1 2022 stood at 88.17%, down from 88.66% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 93.68% in Q2 2020 and bottomed at 88.17% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 92.36% (2019), against an average of 91.48%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2018, when Gross Margin jumped 108 bps; it then sank 462 bps in 2021.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 92.95% in 2018, then dropped by 0 bps to 92.88% in 2019, then declined by 2 bps to 90.59% in 2020, then fell by 2 bps to 88.66% in 2021, then decreased by 1 bps to 88.17% in 2022.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 88.17% (Q1 2022), 88.66% (Q4 2021), and 88.28% (Q3 2021), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Old Dominion Freight Line 47.65 Bn 47.37 Bn 1.33 Bn 99.64%
2 Xpo 25.84 Bn 25.61 Bn 1.67 Bn 79.82%
3 Saia 12.92 Bn 12.88 Bn - -
4 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings 12.67 Bn 12.61 Bn 1.57 Bn 84.94%
5 Schneider National 6.38 Bn 6.12 Bn 1.27 Bn 91.13%
6 Rxo 4.55 Bn 4.53 Bn 254.00 Mn 17.82%
7 Arcbest 3.15 Bn 3.06 Bn 951.93 Mn 95.31%
8 Werner Enterprises 2.55 Bn 2.51 Bn 726.17 Mn 89.80%
9 Marten Transport 1.43 Bn 1.38 Bn 203.18 Mn 96.70%
10 Heartland Express 1.20 Bn 1.16 Bn 167.03 Mn 94.77%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2022 88.17%
Dec 31, 2021 88.66%
Sep 30, 2021 88.28%
Jun 30, 2021 89.06%
Mar 31, 2021 90.70%
Dec 31, 2020 90.59%
Sep 30, 2020 91.68%
Jun 30, 2020 93.68%
Mar 31, 2020 93.27%
Dec 31, 2019 92.88%
Sep 30, 2019 92.36%
Jun 30, 2019 92.64%
Mar 31, 2019 93.08%
Dec 31, 2018 92.95%
Sep 30, 2018 92.66%
Jun 30, 2018 92.04%
Mar 31, 2018 92.38%
Dec 31, 2017 92.18%
Sep 30, 2017 91.58%
Jun 30, 2017 92.14%
Mar 31, 2017 93.56%
Dec 31, 2016 84.74%
Sep 30, 2016 95.05%
Jun 30, 2016 95.41%
Mar 31, 2016 95.70%
Dec 31, 2015 95.34%
Sep 30, 2015 93.91%
Jun 30, 2015 93.76%
Mar 31, 2015 93.95%
Dec 31, 2014 92.83%
Sep 30, 2014 91.74%
Jun 30, 2014 91.55%
Mar 31, 2014 92.66%
Dec 31, 2013 93.58%
Sep 30, 2013 93.55%
Jun 30, 2013 93.39%
Mar 31, 2013 93.87%
Dec 31, 2012 94.19%
Sep 30, 2012 93.23%
Jun 30, 2012 92.68%
Mar 31, 2012 92.81%
Dec 31, 2011 92.85%
Sep 30, 2011 91.30%
Jun 30, 2011 90.73%
Mar 31, 2011 91.33%
Dec 31, 2010 91.18%
Sep 30, 2010 90.79%
Jun 30, 2010 90.49%